LoRaWAN Base Station Improvement for Better Coverage and Capacity
Abstract
:1. Introduction
2. Overview of LoRaWAN
Spreading Factor
- 8 upchirps for preamble,
- 2.25 downchirps for synchronization symbols, and
- “choppy” upchirps for physical payload.
3. Design of LoRaWAN Base Station
3.1. Standard LoRaWAN Base Station
3.2. Proposed Improvement for LoRaWAN Base Station
- SPI clock,
- Master in slave out (MISO),
- Master out slave in (MOSI), and
- Slave select (SS).
4. Results
4.1. Measurement Setup
4.2. Prototype Validation
5. Conclusions
Author Contributions
Funding
Institutional Review Board Statement
Informed Consent Statement
Data Availability Statement
Conflicts of Interest
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Connection | RPI Pin-SPI 0 | RPI Pin-SPI 1 | Concentrator Pin |
---|---|---|---|
Reset | 13 | 22 | 13 |
SPI clock | 23 | 40 | 14 |
MISO | 21 | 35 | 15 |
MOSI | 19 | 38 | 16 |
SS | 24 | 36 | 17 |
Novel Base Station | Standard Base Station | # Messages |
---|---|---|
98.7% (case C) | 76.3% (case A) | 2235 |
98.1% (case D) | 67.2% (case A) | 2797 |
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Turčinović, F.; Šišul, G.; Bosiljevac, M. LoRaWAN Base Station Improvement for Better Coverage and Capacity. J. Low Power Electron. Appl. 2022, 12, 1. https://doi.org/10.3390/jlpea12010001
Turčinović F, Šišul G, Bosiljevac M. LoRaWAN Base Station Improvement for Better Coverage and Capacity. Journal of Low Power Electronics and Applications. 2022; 12(1):1. https://doi.org/10.3390/jlpea12010001
Chicago/Turabian StyleTurčinović, Filip, Gordan Šišul, and Marko Bosiljevac. 2022. "LoRaWAN Base Station Improvement for Better Coverage and Capacity" Journal of Low Power Electronics and Applications 12, no. 1: 1. https://doi.org/10.3390/jlpea12010001